Discovering the Distant, Seeing the Distant, Staying Present and Aware, Avoid
Theorizing,
Discovering What is Far Off, Ignorant Guides, Without Traveling, 鑒遠
"The wise leader knows what is happening in a group by
being aware of what is happening here and now.
This is more potent than wandering off into various theories or making complex
interpretations of the situation at hand.
Stillness, clarity, and consciousness are more immediate than any number of
expeditions into the distant lands of one's mind.
Such expeditions, however stimulating, distract both the leader and the group
members from what is actually happening.
By staying present and aware of what is happening, the leader can do less yet
achieve more."
- Translated by
John Heider, 1985,
Chapter 47
"No need to go outside a door
To see totality
Or look out of a window
For seeing what will always be
Going out you go astray
At home and center all is one
The seer doesn't have to do
To see that everything is done."
- Translated by
Jim Clatfelter, 2001, Chapter 47
By Hu Xuzehi
Annotated translation by Victor Mair 
By Ha Poong Kim
By Hans-Georg Moeller 
By Roger T. Ames and David T. Hall
By Wes Burgess
By Arthur Waley
"Without traveling, we
could know the world.
Without looking through the window, we could see the Tao of heaven.
The farther you go, the less you know.
Thus the sage knows without traveling.
He knows things without actually seeing them.
He success without effort."
- Translated by
Tienzen Gong,
Chapter 47
"Don't step outside your
door. Know the social world.
Don't look out the window. See the natural guide.
The farther you go
the less you know what to do.
Using this: Sages don't go anywhere and yet know what to do.
Don't see and yet name things.
Don't deem-act and yet accomplish. "
- Translated by
Chad Hansen,
Chapter 47
Translation and elucidation by Hua Ching Ni
Translated by Brian Walker
Translated by Arthur Waley
Translated by Lionel and and Herbert Giles
By Eva Wong
"You don't have to leave
your room
to understand what's happening in the world.
You don't have to look out the window
to appreciate the beauty of heaven.
The farther you wander,
the less you know.
The Masters don't wander around
They know.
They don't just look.
They understand.
They don't do anything,
but the work gets done."
- Translated by
Ron Hogan, Chapter
47
"Without
leaving your house
without looking outside
you can understand
the whole world.
The more you search
the less you will find
the more information you acquire
the less you will know
the more you travel
the less you will feel at home.
Arrive without leaving
see without looking
do nothing yet everything."
- Translated by
Tom Kunesh,
Chapter 47
By Alexander Simkins. 
By Derek Lin.
By Ming-Dao Deng.
By Benjamin Hoff.
By Ming-Dao Deng.
Translated by Thomas Cleary.
"Without going out the door, you can know Heaven below
(the sacred body).
Without looking through a window, you can see Heaven’s Tao.
The more you go away from yourself, the less you perceive.
The sage does not go out, yet knows;
does not look, yet names;
does not do, yet finishes."
- Translated by
Barbara Tovey,
2002, Chapter 47
"A man may know the world without leaving his own home.
Through his windows he can see the supreme Tao.
The further afield he goes the less likely is he to find it.
Therefore the wise man knows without travelling,
names things without seeing them, and accomplishes everything without action."
- Translated by
Robert Gorn-Old,
1904, Chapter 47
"You can know the whole world without going out the
door,
You can know the Way of Heaven without looking out the window.
The further afield you go, the less you know.
The Tao–Master knows without going out;
understands without looking;
achieves without ado."
- Translated by
George Cronk,
1999, Chapter 47
Translated by Eva Wong 
Translated by Philip Ivahoe
By James Miller
Translated by Stephen Bokencamp
By Alexander and Annellen Simpkins
Translated by Thomas Cleary
By Livia Kohn
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